CVE-2021-1950 Auth bypass in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Improper memory cleaning allows attackers to bypass face authentication on various Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-1950?
CVE-2021-1950 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, published on 1 Apr 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Improper cleaning of secure memory between authenticated users can lead to face authentication bypass in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Industrial IOT, Snapdragon Mobile, Snapdragon Wired Infrastructure and Networking
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-1950?
It affects 92 products.
Products include Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware, Qualcomm Csr8811 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6000 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6005 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6010 Firmware, Qualcomm Ipq6018 Firmware and 86 more.
How do I fix CVE-2021-1950?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-1950 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2021-1950 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-1950 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Qualcomm Ar8035 Firmware
- CVE-2023-33106 Qualcomm Multiple Chipsets Use of Out-of-Range Pointer Offset
- CVE-2024-45569 Improper Validation of Array Index in WLAN Host Communication
- CVE-2024-21473 Improper Input Validation in WIN SON
- CVE-2023-28582 Buffer Copy Without Checking Size of Input in Data Modem
- CVE-2023-43552 Use After Free in WLAN Host Communication
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vm4w-fvwj-jpqx.